Commercial

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Commercial Industrial Cities

• Urban Form

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The Commercial City

• Basis of economy commerce
• Size shape tied to dominant form of
  transportation walking
• Class pyramid reflected in residential pattern

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Sjobergs Model of the Preindustrial City

• Definition of prime real estate tied to issues of
  mobility
• mobility
• valued functions

Elite
Middle-income
Poor
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Preindustrial City, cont.

• Residential organization social structure
• 1. Wealthy in the center poor on the
• periphery
• AND/OR
• 2. Poor located in alleyways or service areas

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Preindustrial City, cont.

• AND/OR
• 3. Socially mixed but occupationally
• specific areas
• Example (Neighborhood in Milwaukee associated
  with specific product?)
• Why? Sociospatial organization Walking City

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Restructuring of a City
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Industrial City (1875-1920)

• Tremendous Growth
• Multiplier Effect
• New Building Technologies
• Mass Market of Housing Real Estate Developers

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New Immigrants

• Eastern Europe Polish Slavic Peasants
  (1880-1920)
• Southern Europe Italian agriculturalist

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Central Business District

• Skyscraper
• steel frame
• elevator

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Mass Market of Housing

• Balloon Frame Construction Workers Cottage

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• Rise of Real Estate Developer

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Real Estate Developer cont.

• S.E. Gross Friend of the Working Man

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Townhouses
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Apartments French Flats
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Streetcar Suburbs